GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK 2021 - Childsafe
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MAY 2021, ISSUE 104
GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY
WEEK 2021
WHAT'S IN
THIS ISSUE
Streets For Life
Streets For Life
Low speed streets save lives and are the heart of any community.
This Year's Theme
This past week (17 - 23 May 2021) ChildSafe, government partners,
Press Releases
schools, learners, parents, pedestrians and cyclists, joined the world
Myths and Facts to observe Global Road Safety Week. The week focused on
advocating and creating low-speed streets. It is widely acknowledged
that 30 km/h speed limits where people walk, live and play will make
the streets safe and healthy, green, and more liveable.
ChildSafe was joined in the campaign calling for reducing speed
around schools to 30kmh, by the Western Cape Minister of
Education, Ms Debbie Schӓfer and the Mayor of Cape Town, Hon.
Dan Plato.
This Year's Theme
UN Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) is a biennial global road safety campaign hosted by WHO. It
brings together individuals, governments, NGOs, corporations, and other organizations from around the
world to raise awareness of road safety and make changes that will reduce the number of road deaths.
This year the slogan was: Streets for Life and hashtag #Love30 (or #Love20 where mph were used).
The objectives of the Week were:
To garner policy commitments at national
and local levels to deliver 30 km/h speed
limits and zones in urban areas;
Generate local support for such low-speed
measures; and
Build momentum towards the launch of the
Partners worldwide
Global Plan for the Decade of Action for were invited to join
Road Safety 2021-2030 in late 2021 and the #Love30
the High-Level Meeting of the UN General campaign to build
Assembly in 2022. #StreetsforLife.
Press Releases
Pupils call for 30 km/h speed limit near schools, residential areas in pickets across Western
Cape C l i c k h e r e
ChildSafe and Ford South Africa doing its part for Global Road Safety Week C l i c k h e r e
There are some immediate reactions and pervasive myths that
surface in response to this public call for speed reduction,
these are:
Myth: A 30km/h won't make a difference
Fact: Lower speed limits save lives
Evidence from around the world shows that low speed
streets reduce the risk of serious injuries and save
lives.
The WHO have concluded that an increase in average
speed of 1 km/h results in a 3% higher risk of a crash
and a 4 to 5% increase in fatalities. Children are at
highest risk as they are still developing the cognitive
ability to accurately judge distance and speed.
Myth: 30 km/h limits are only for
certain countries
Fact: Low speed streets are effective in
any context
Although many of the countries that have
pioneered the effective road safety approaches
are high income countries, low speed streets
are possible for any country to implement, no
matter their level of development or number of
vehicles.
Myth: 30 km/h limits are not popular
Fact: People consistently say they want
lower speeds where they live
Over many years, surveys from around the world have
consistently shown that the majority of people agree
that 30 km/h is the correct speed limit for residential
roads. Indeed, low speed streets help reduce
congestion and are widely popular.
A recent global YouGov poll in 11 countries for the
Child Health Initiative found that 74% of people
supported restrictions on streets around schools if it
allowed children to walk or cycle to school more safely,
including limits on speed.
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About ChildSafe
ChildSafe, an injury prevention unit based at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital is a
non-profit organization that aims to reduce and prevent injuries of children through research,
education and recommendations to legislation. We work with other non-profits, government,
corporates and communities to achieve this. Our core focus though is the prevention of
unintentional injuries that are usually regarded as accidents, such as, burns, falls, drowning, road
traffic crashes, choking and poisoning.
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